Press Release: Adoption of two Commission proposals is a vital step in completing the European law-enforcement area for individuals and firms

The European Commission on 15 December 2005 adopted two new proposals for Regulations concerning civil justice, one of them to facilitate the recovery of maintenance claims in the European Union and the other to modernise the rules determining the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I). The proposals were within the political mandate given by the Tampere European Council in 1999 and the mutual recognition programme adopted by the Council and the Commission at the end of 2000.

European Commission: COM(2005) 650 final, Proposal for a Regulation ... on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I), 15.12.05 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2005/com2005_0650en01.pdf

European Commission: COM(2005) 649 final, Proposal for a Council Regulation ... on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations, 15.12.05 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2005/com2005_0649en01.pdf

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/484, Maintenance obligations, 15.12.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/484&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/483, Rome I proposal, 15.12.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/483&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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